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Was almost hit by a car during daily commute when crossing at crosswalk at Commercial/Maple. I know there are pedestrian signs, but people do not slow down nor do they seem to see when people are crossing at night. Is it possible to install a pedestrian light at this location? Thank you Portland!

This is not the only place that pedestrians are in danger most of the time. I walk my dog along Spring and cross in 3 places around the Civic Center. Only 1 in 5 cars will stop, even when we are clearly crossing. There is also a need for the "pedestrian crossing" signs to be reinstalled here!! And definitely for occasional policing...

There is no way to verify this claim... Besides, this is not a forum to air grievances about how people drive... You're talking about the working end of Commercial Street, where the Portland Fish Pier is... Not exactly the most 'pedestrian friendly' part of Commercial Street... Best to just wait for a break in the traffic before you try to cross... Portland can't afford to install pedestrian lights at every crossing where someone wants it... Instead they utilize them where there is the most pedestrian traffic in need, such as by the housing complex on Marginal Way or Forest Ave...

Additional lights are a good traffic calming measure, and promote pedestrian and driver safety. It's a good idea for the city to explore installing them at many locations. I suggest that this issue be referred to the Council's Transportation Committee.

Traffic on the peninsula is near gridlocked as it is... More lights won't help... Portland might take a lesson from Freeport... They are able to successfully balance the needs of business, pedestrians and drivers to everyone's satisfaction...

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The new owner of the property needs to learn about and follow the regulations regarding snow removal. While I would not recommend a fine for this storm. He does need to clear the snow, and spread some salt or sand on the sidewalk

After a couple of weeks, someone at PW just tears through the SeeClickFix reports and marks them all solved, figuring after that much time, the problem has gone away. . This is not how this tool should be used by a Verified Official...

Pine Winter i live in a 12 unit building and take care of keeping the property owner up to date on such things WE NEVER got any post card's in the mail telling us how to use the new system ONLY the small packet that came in each recycle toter and i had to collect those and send them to the owner so they knew what was what:)
The city should have sent an info packet to each home owner property owner land lord and tenant in any rental buildings:)

This was reported 13 days ago! Of course the debris has since been removed... Has the owner or building manager been contacted to educate their tenants on proper trash disposal? By ignoring the root issue, and not following up with some education so it won't happen again, nothing is really getting fixed... To mark this resolved / closed is misleading... Nothing was solved here in the bigger picture, which is what See Click Fix is all about...

This was reported 13 days ago! Of course the debris has been removed... The trash was collected since then... What was not "investigated" is that this address is a chronic offender... They set trash out without regard to when their collection day is. THAT'S the underlying problem here, and it was not addressed... Has the owner or building manager been contacted to educate their tenants? Has a fine been issued?

You're kicking the can down the road (no pun intended), by ignoring the root issue, and allowing this situation to continue... To mark it resolved is misleading... Nothing was solved here in the bigger picture, which is what See Click Fix is all about...